The Boy Inventors and the Vanishing Gun
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1912 ...done, it would have defied the keenest eyes to tell that there had ever been an opening there. As the panel was slid shut the vastly altered Jake Rook tiptoed softly across the room to the door and listened intently. He was just in time to hear somebody descending the ladder. Instantly he slid across the room and threw himself on the couch, drawing the dirty blankets up to his chin. He had just do...
Chapters (25)(click to expand)
- THE BOY INVENTORS AND THE VANISHING GUN
- CHAPTER I—AN ECCENTRIC INVENTOR
- CHAPTER II—THE VANISHING GUN
- CHAPTER III—A FLYING MACHINE IN TROUBLE
- CHAPTER IV—ZACK GETS MAD
- CHAPTER V—THE YELLOW AUTO
- CHAPTER VI—GETTING THE DOCTOR
- CHAPTER VII—A RESCUE IN MID-AIR
- CHAPTER VIII—MR. PEREGRINE EXPLAINS
- CHAPTER IX—A MYSTERIOUS MAN
- CHAPTER X—AN UNWELCOME ENCOUNTER
- CHAPTER XI—THE WRONG ROAD
- CHAPTER XII—THE RED-BEARDED MAN
- CHAPTER XIII—JAKE ROOK AND CO.
- CHAPTER XIV—THE DRIVERLESS CAR
- CHAPTER XV—TOM MAKES A DISCOVERY
- CHAPTER XVI—JACK IN DIRE PERIL
- CHAPTER XVII—“DRIVE WHERE WE TELL YOU!”
- CHAPTER XVIII—IN THE OLD MANSION
- CHAPTER XIX—MR. STEPHEN MELVILLE
- CHAPTER XX—FOUND AND LOST
- CHAPTER XXI—“THINGS ARE COMING OUR WAY.”
- CHAPTER XXII—“THERE’S MANY A SLIP.”
- CHAPTER XXIII—THE START OF A LONG CHASE
- CHAPTER XXIV—JACK’S TRIUMPH
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